Qasimabad ( sd, ) is Town/City in the western side of

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City in Sindh province of

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History

Qasimabad Town/City is named after the

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

Invader Muhammad Bin Qasim who invaded Sindh and Multan. It was formed as an extension to the city of Hyderabad after the arrival of migrants from across the border after the 1947

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, along with the town of

Latifabad Latifabad ( sd, لطيف آباد, ur, ) is a township in the southern suburbs of the city of Hyderabad, in Sindh, Pakistan. History Latifabad is named after the renowned Sindhi Sufi poet, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Its initial denizens were Si ...

. The locals that lived in the town at its inception were ethnically of a mixed population but as the city experienced ethnic riots between

Sindhis Sindhis ( sd, سنڌي Perso-Arabic: सिन्धी Devanagari; ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the province of Sindh in Pakistan. After the partition of British Indian empire in 1947, man ...

and

Muhajir Muhajir or Mohajir ( ar, مهاجر, '; pl. , ') is an Arabic word meaning ''migrant'' (see immigration and emigration) which is also used in other languages spoken by Muslims, including English. In English, this term and its derivatives may refer ...

in the late 1980s. Widespread target killings and acts of ethnic cleansing were committed, the city got divided between the Sindhis and Muhajir with the former mainly settling in Qasimabad while the latter settling in Latifabad. Smaller scale hostilities still continue in the city.

Settlement

Qasimabad is a Sindhi majority Town. The Sindhis make up more than 99% of the population of the Town. Qasimabad is known as a Sindhi based town. Although it was formed after the town of Latifabad, it does not follow the numbered unit system for that town, but instead is based on the block system. The Town consists of the western part of the

city and houses three of the most popular and biggest schools in the city:

St Bonaventure's High School St Bonaventure's High School (formerly St Bonaventure's Boys' High School) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located on Foujdari Road in Saddar, Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The school has another branch in the ...

, The City School and Beaconhouse School System, The Science Foundation College & Academy, along with other popular schools such as: Bahria Foundation College, Agha Taj Muhammad High School, one of oldest schools in Qasimabad town, Eden Grammar School and Sindh Academy High School, St Mary's convent school, Khan Muhammad High School, Anne High School.

Culture and society

With people, mostly Sindhi, occupying this region, the practice of

Sindhology Sindhology ( sd, سنڌولوجي) is a field of South Asian studies and academic research that covers the history, society, culture, and literature of Sindh, a province of Pakistan. The subject was first brought into the academic circles with th ...

or the study of Sindh is more pronounced in this region than others. There is a museum celebrating the treasures of its Sindhi cultural values and traditions present in this town, the

Sindh Museum The Sindh Museum ( ur, سندھ میوزیم ) is a museum located in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. The museum was established in 1971 to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit the records of the cultural history of Sindh. It also sometimes hosts cu ...

. Qasimabad is the hub of Sindhi Nationalist and political Powers and almost all the Sindhi Nationalist political parties have their head offices in Qasimabad City.

Localities

The prominent localities/Town Regions of Qasimabad are: Nasim Nagar, Main Qasimabad, New Wahdat Colony, Old Wahdat Colony, Sheedi Goth, Qasimabad Phase-I, Phase-II, Sindhi Muslims Society, Memon Society, Prince Town, Al-Mustafa Town, Hyderabad Town, Abdullah Town, Sahrish Nagar, London Town, Bond Street, Rani Bagh, Sindh Museum, Citizen Colony, Gul-E-Latif Housing Scheme, Anwar Villas, Faraz Villas, Waqar Town, Marvi Town, Abdullah Town, Abdullah Centre, Abdullah Vally, Gulistan-e-Sajjad and Gulshan-e-Sehr, Alamadar Chowk, Momin Nagar, Waadhu Wah, Bhittai Town & Bhittai Nagar.

References

External links

Qasimabad Administration
{{Hyderabad District, Pakistan Neighbourhoods of Hyderabad, Sindh